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About the artist

Ryohei Tanaka is world renowned for his intricate etchings of rural Japan. Born in Takatsuki City outside of Osaka, Ryohei began his career studying etching under Professor Yoshio Furuno in 1963. One year later, he became a member of the Kyoto Etchers Group. In 1966, he began exhibiting with the Japan Print Association and became a full member in 1973. Ryohei won numerous awards in Japan, Europe and the U.S., and remains of the most popular Japanese contemporary print artists today. He is best known for his etchings, but he also produced some aquatints and mezzotints. Ryohei’s did not imagine his compositions, but drew from reality, basing his work on sketches of the Japanese countryside. Ryohei Tanaka’s prints are widely collected and can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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